[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 52 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D407-D408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Tuesday, May 2, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate sustained the President's Veto of S. 1287, Nuclear Waste 
      Policy Amendments Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3201-S3273
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2493-
2498.
  Page S3258
Measures Passed:
  Charles M. Schulz Gold Medal Award: Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
3642, to authorize the President to award posthumously a gold medal on 
behalf of the Congress to Charles M. Schulz in recognition of his 
lasting artistic contributions to the Nation and the world, and the 
bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S3268-69
  Gorton (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 3109, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S3268-69
  Japanese Telecommunications: Committee on Finance was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 275, expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding fair access to Japanese telecommunications facilities 
and services, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S3269
  Release of Rabiya Kadeer: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 81, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the 
People's Republic of China should immediately release Rabiya Kadeer, 
her secretary, and her son, and permit them to move to the United 
States if they so desire.
  Pages S3269-70
  American Institute in Taiwan Facilities Enhancement Act: Senate 
passed H.R. 3707, to authorize funds for the construction of a facility 
in Taipei, Taiwan suitable for the mission of the American Institute in 
Taiwan, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Page S3270
  Southeastern Europe Peace Promotion: Senate agreed to S. Res. 272, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should remain 
actively engaged in southeastern Europe to promote long-term peace, 
stability, and prosperity; continue to vigorously oppose the brutal 
regime of Slobodan Milosevic while supporting the efforts of the 
democratic opposition; and fully implement the Stability Pact. 
                                                             Page S3271
Veto--Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act: By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote 
No. 88), two-thirds of the Senators voting not having voted in the 
affirmative, S. 1287, to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel 
pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, upon 
reconsideration, was rejected, the veto of the President was sustained.
                                                         Pages S3201-30
  Subsequently, Lott motion to reconsider the vote by which S. 1287, 
upon reconsideration, failed of passage over veto of the President, was 
entered.
Page S3229
Elementary and Secondary Reauthorization: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 2, to extend programs and activities under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Pages S3230-48
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for certain 
amendments to be proposed to the bill.
Page S3246
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, May 3, 2000.
Page S3271
Appointment:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Meeting: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, 
appointed the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to 
the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group Meeting during the Second 
Session of the 106th Congress, to be held in Puebla, Mexico, May 5-7, 
2000: Senators Murkowski and Sessions.
  Page S3271
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a 6-month periodic report relative to 
the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics 
traffickers centered in Colombia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-102)
Pages S3255-56
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  James Edgar Baker, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.
Page S3273
Messages From the President:
  Pages S3255-56
Messages From the House:
  Page S3256
Measures Referred:
  Page S3256
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3256
Communications:
  Pages S3256-57
Petitions:
  Page S3257
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3258-63
Additional Cosponsors:
  May 1
  Pages S3263-64
  May 2
  Pages S3264-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3265-67
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3267
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S3267-68
Additional Statements
  Pages S3254-55
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S3268
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--88)
  Page S3229
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:33 a.m., and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 3, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3271.)